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Anonymous said...

having spent a large part of this year plumbed and wired into an acute care bed in Merthyr,a double compound fracture of the leg and 2 operations and, a mild postoperative stroke I can sympathise with you.Ihave now graduated to two sticks and by indtalling a childslarge key key board I can now use the internet again. My voice is not recovered enoughh to use a loudhailer, and i have to drink my beer with the aid of a straw, it is strange to be sitting this eection out, so I can sympathise with you. in a way you were fortunate that LBHis notnoted for its hills and steep slopes I have just received the textof a councillors newletter to format edit and print inserting the Welsh assembly results when they are known tonight

ao keep up the goodwork and to adapt the old navy toast may we wish the condems "a bloody war or a sickley season."

Looking at the photos of all the political leaders at the polling centres, Nick Clegg looks by far the most nervous.

What a stupid mistake trusting the tories. By the looks of the exit poll Yes vote is going to get hammered and there won't be many lib dem councils left at the end of it.

Before we hail this as a great victory I fear that this result may not be too great for Labour either. If the tories make gains and through boundary reform Labour may find it impossible to win an outright majority.

We have to realise the lib dems are about to be overtaken by UKIP. UKIP will nearly always fall in line with the tories if need be.

It looks like the LIB Dems are taking the brunt of this anti working class coalition, but the Tories remain robustly rooted, so we have to hit the Tories right in the heart when it comes to campaigning or we could end up with another coalition.

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Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.